THE GIANT HOAX
A staged-reading presentation of Kit Goldstein Grant's new musical
Book, Music, & Lyrics | Kit Goldstein Grant
CREATIVE TEAM
Director | Christopher Michaels
Music Director | Nissa Kahle
Stage Manager | Jordan Liau
Production Photographer | Brian E. Long
Produced by IndieWorks Theatre Company
as part of The Gallery Players' Overtures Series
CAST
Emily | Staci Stout
William "Stub" Newell | Brian E. Long
P.T. Barnum | James Beaman
The Cardiff Giant | James Stafford
Mother | Meghann Reynolds
Dr. Martin | Rebecca Holt-Gilmore
Reverend Turk | Colin Howard
Dr. Boynton/Judge | Chris Sirois
Carl Franz Otto/Reporter/Hull | Mark Hanke
John/Newsboy/Jack | Jonathan Nadolny
Beth | Sarah Chiu
VENUE
The Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY
DATES
November 6th & 7th, 2017
SYNOPSIS
Step back in time to 1869! Emily, a bright young girl with an overactive imagination, has run away from home to prove that there are wonderful things in the world out there! Before long, she finds herself in the employ of a shady showman, William "Stub" Newell, the owner of a prehistoric, petrified giant! She and the Giant become instant “imaginary friends,” but all is not well. When the unscrupulous circus impresario, P.T. Barnum, offers a hefty sum to buy Newell’s profitable, prehistoric attraction and is refused, he comes up with a scheme to steal Stub's business right out from under his nose forcing Emily to sort through what is fact, what is fiction, and what's all in her imagination.
